keeping the music of the past ALIVE!...from the Golden Eras of the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's and 1960's including Big Band, Dance Orchestras, Swing, Crooners, Nostalgic, Popular Artists and Harmony Groups plus Contemporary, Retro and Revival artists

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Many of Woody Allen's movies have a nostalgic theme or story to them and Woody incorporates the appropriate or relating music to the soundtrack. This 22 track collection has classics from the 30's and 40's from Harry James, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Carmen Miranda, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Dooley Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Chuck Webb and Benny Goodman.

Friday, January 18, 2013

20 track compilation of classic nostalgic hits featuring the cream of artists of the day including Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier, Fred Astaire, Cab Calloway, Hoagy Charmichael, Cole Porter, Mae West, Fats Waller, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berrigan and more. These essential recordings of the 1930's show America's attitude towards the state of the nation with Bing Crosby's Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams and Fred Astaire's We're in the Money , but also highlight the birth of jazz with Fats Wallers' Honeysuckle Rose and Bunny Berigan's I Can't Get Started with You.

A selection by actor Barry Humphries of his favourite gramophone records

The first post of this blog is a 46 track collection of hits and classics from the 1930's and 1940's with artists including Fred Astaire, Rudy Vallee, Hildegarde, Dick Powell, The Comedy Harmonists and more...

Important note

The download links included in these posts are for evaluation purposes only. Please delete them from your computer system after 24 hours.If you like the music, please, support the artists and purchase their material.

If you are the copyright owner of any item listed in these posts and object to its inclusion, please post a comment and request to have it removed.